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Vaccine Essays and Term Papers
The Spread Of AIDSIs the message getting through? We already know enough about AIDS to prevent its spread, but ignorance, complacency, fear and bigotry continue to stop many from taking adequate precautions.
We know enough about how the infection is transmitted to protect ourselves from it without resorting to such ...
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Hepatitis AIn the world we live in, there are many diseases which are so
deadly to the point where there is no cure for the disease. At one's first
thought, most would think of AIDS, herpes, or maybe alshimers. However one
might not consider Hepatitis, because a vaccine has been developed for
types of the ...
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Diphtheria (Corynebacterium Diphtheriae)Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
Corynebacteria are Gram-positive, aerobic, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria
related to the Actinomycetes. They do not form spores or branch as do the
actinomycetes, but they have the characteristic of forming irregular shaped,
club-shaped or V-shaped ...
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AIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome, or , is a recently recognized disease
entity. It is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
which attacks selected cells in the immune system (see IMMUNITY) and produces
defects in function. These defects may not be apparent for ...
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Exotic Diseases And The Treat To HumanityExotic diseases are the greatest threat to humanity. In a world where so many things are overlooked, diseases and epidemics are clearly overlooked and underestimated far more than any threat of nuclear war, global warming, or any comet headed for earth. Throughout history epidemics have plagued ...
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AIDS History And TreatmentIn 1981 a man in Los Angeles was diagnosed as having a rare form of pneumonia, known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. He had a very low number of T-4 helper cells, and died soon after. The doctors were puzzled at the time, but they would later discover that this was one of the first cases of a ...
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Chicken Pox With Works CitedChickenpox is a highly contagious disease that is caused by a herpesvirus called varicella-zoster virus (7). Chickenpox is one of the most easily transmitted of contagious diseases (5). Ninety to ninety-five percent of the people exposed to the virus will develop it within twenty-one days (5). ...
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AIDS(acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease caused by a
virus- HIV (human immunodiciency virus). The first cases in this country came to
light in the early eighties. Although the origins of remains uncertain it
is thought to have emerged decades ago in sub-Saharan Africa. There is ...
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Ebola Virus 4Ebola virus, a member of the Filoviridae, burst from obscurity with spectacular outbreaks of severe, haemorrhagic fever. It was first associated with an outbreak of 318 cases and a case-fatality rate of 90% in Zaire and caused 150 deaths among 250 cases in Sudan. Smaller outbreaks continue to ...
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Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Hepatitis BEach year in the United States, an estimated 200,000 people are infected with the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). More than 11,000 of these cases are hospitalized and 20,000 remain chronically infected. Overall, an estimated 1.25 million people in the US have chronic HBV infection. Between 4,000 to 5,000 ...
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Leprosy 2Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease of human beings that primarily affects the skin, mucous membranes and peripheral nerves. It is a disease that has existed for thousands of years, however, the formal discovery of the leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae was not until 1874. Norwegian ...
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Rabiesis an infectious disease of animals which is a member of a group of
viruses constituting the family Rhabdoviridae. The virus particle is covered in
a fatty membrane, is bullet-shaped, 70 by 180 nanometres and contains a single
helical strand of ribonucleic acid (RNA).
Although rabies is usually ...
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Computer VirusesIt is morning. You awaken to the sweet smell of flowers and the sound of
birds chirping. You turn on your new I B M compatible computer only to find
that every bit and byte of information has been erased. A computer virus has
struck.
Yes, these small bits of computer code have slowly ...
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AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (), suppresses the immune system
related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A person
infected with HIV gradually loses immune function along with certain immune
cells called CD4 T-lymphocytes or CD4 T-cells, causing the infected person
to ...
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Bacillus AnthracisRobert Koch discovered , the bacterium for the deadly disease, Anthrax, in 1877. Robert Koch grew the bacterium into a pure culture, demonstrated its ability to form endospores, and produced experimental Anthrax by injecting it into animals. was the first bacterium shown to be the cause of a ...
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AthraxThe germ warfare agent anthrax is a bacterium that, if inhaled, can kill a person in a matter of days. It sounds like science fiction, like something a mad scientist developed in a lab in hopes of taking over the world. In reality is an ancient disease of live stock and humans known since Biblical ...
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Ebolahemorrahagic fever is a 20 year old virus that, with a mortality
rate of 50% to 90%, is one of the world's deadliest viruses. Its causative
organism is called virus. virus is a member of filoviridae, a
family of negative-strained RNA viruses. The filoviridae family consists of
five known ...
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Bacillus Anthracis 2Robert Koch discovered Bacillus Anthracis, the bacterium for the deadly disease, Anthrax, in 1877. Robert Koch grew the bacterium into a pure culture, demonstrated its ability to form endospores, and produced experimental Anthrax by injecting it into animals. Bacillus Anthracis was the first ...
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ChickenpoxIn a typical scenario, a young child is covered in pox and out of school for a week. The first half of the week the child feels miserable from intense itching; the second half from boredom. Since the introduction of the chickenpox vaccine, classic chickenpox is much less common.
Chickenpox can ...
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Promoting Vaccines and Herd ImmunityFor years, vaccines have been used to prevent the spread of disease and keep individuals and their communities safe from deadly illnesses. However, the growing anti-vaccination movement is putting families and those around them at risk. The effects of non vaccination are costly and sometimes ...
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